For the word of the cross is to them that perish foolishness

The power to choose is a manifestation of one of God’s uncommon gifts to man; free will. This is one of your greatest assets which God will not violate. It is not in God’s character to compel anyone against his or her will on any issue. According to the Scripture in Deut.30:19, “I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live”.

The one who gives us the power to choose also respects our choice; He can only advise us when exercising our will so that we do not make the wrong decisions. In Revelation 3:20, the Lord says He is standing at the door of your heart. He will not break through to gain entry forcefully because He is not a thief.

Choose Right

If you choose not to open the door to Him, after knocking for some time, He would leave. But there are consequences for not responding to God’s knocks. What is the area of your life that the Lord has been gently knocking at the door of your heart but you turned deaf ears? You need to repent and open to Him today!

But note that once you have opened the door to the Lord on an issue, you cannot afford to look back, He expects total commitment. Today, some believers who said ‘Yes’ to God are now allowing secret sin. Some who said ‘Yes’ to the truth are now accommodating some lies, being committed to God is like the marriage institution, it is a life time commitment, and like marriage, it is only death that should transform it into the eternal plane. The moment you enter the Lord’s boat, you are bound to submit to His captainship. As a result, you have to voluntarily submit your free will and from that moment, he must be in charge.

And from then on you cannot afford to do just anything you want to do. He takes absolute control of your life and situation, and helps take decisions for you from that time, the government of your life is put on His shoulder.

“And if it seems evil to you to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”(Joshua 2:15, NKJV)

Man was created in God’s image and likeness, to rule over all the works of His hand and fellowship with Him. God also gave man the power to choose, along with the freedom to choose comes the responsibility for our choices (Genesis 2:16-17, NKJV).

What is Choice?

Choice is an act of choosing between two or more possibilities, which must be freely and willingly done.

The Facts about Choice

Every day in life we make choices some are simple, while some are complex and each choice has a consequence or result. Our success in life is the product of the choices we make. People are defined by the choices they make and the consequences of those choices.

Davidchose to sleep with Bathsheba the wife of Uriah the Hittite. And the woman conceived, David also chose to hide it by killing Uriah the Hittite but nothing is hidden from God. The consequence of the choices King David made are still affecting his lineage (2 Samuel 12:10, NKJV). Many of the consequences of the choices you make today will outlive you.

The Right Choice

There are right choices right, like the choice Joseph made when he had to choose between sleeping with his master’s wife and losing his place in Potiphar’s house. He chose the latter (Genesis 39:8-9, NKJV). Daniel chose not to defile himself with the portion of the king’s delicacies, nor with the wine which he drank, so he requested that the part of their meat, and the wine that they should drink be taken away and replace with pulse and water. He chose to deny himself the pleasures of life that was not in line with commandment of God (Daniel 1:8, NKJV). The result of a right choice is a blessing from God.

The Wrong Choice

God sent Saul to “go and attack Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and do not spare them. But kill man and woman, infant and nursing child, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.” But Saul chose to disobey God, “a wrong choice indeed.” He spared King Agag’s life and spared the best sheep and cattle (1 Samuel 15:3-26, NKJV). Saul lost the throne of Israel just because that one wrong choice.

Samson was to be “a Nazirite, set apart to God from birth, but he chose to be a womanizer and a vengeful man, full of sin. Samson chose to marry a foreigner against God’s commandment (Judges 14:3, NKJV). His choice led to his death with his enemies

If we will allow Him, God will help us make wiser choices so that the consequences of our choices will give us a better life in Christ. However, at times God lets us gain wisdom from the pain of poor decisions we make. So, good decisions are the product of wisdom. Wisdom is the product of experience. And experience is the product of poor decisions.

His Names or Titles

“Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.” (Psalm 103:1, KJV)

God is lover of names and titles. However none of His names or titles is for fun, each of God’s names or titles describes God in a specific sense. One way we can get to know God or He can reveal Himself to us is through His names or titles. It is one thing to claim all the promises of God in the Scriptures but another thing for God to specifically give you one of His promises already written in the Bible as a result of cutting a fresh covenant with you.

His Name Jehovah – Jierh

Every time God reveals Himself to you by a particular name or title, you are automatically made richer as your access to realizing God’s promises for your life is broadened. When Abraham was going to sacrifice his son Isaac on Mount Moriah in obedience to God’s commandment, his son asked of the lamb for the sacrifice and he responded out of his limited knowledge about God that the Lord will surely provide. It was right on that mount that God introduced Himself to Abraham as “Jehovah – Jierh” – the Lord my provider.

From that moment it was no more what Abraham thought about God’s ability to provide, or even what people said about it, but the first hand experience he had with God. Many of us have not experienced God by His names or titles. All we do is to confess His promises, but God wants you to move beyond that level! When God has not revealed Himself to you by His names or titles, Satan can easily rob you of your kingdom benefits. But when you have known and proved God by divine revelation. You shall be strong and do great exploits.